Next: 12 Apr 2027
National Grilled Cheese Day
An American food day for the grilled cheese sandwich, buttered bread fried around melted cheese until golden.
Cheeses for National Grilled Cheese Day
National Grilled Cheese Day is kept in the United States on 12 April. The sandwich itself became an American staple in the 1920s and 1930s, when sliced bread and processed cheese were both newly cheap, and in the Second World War it was served widely in the US Navy. The classic is American cheese between white bread, buttered and fried in a pan; Cheddar, Monterey Jack and mixtures of cheeses are now as common. The sandwich is paired with tomato soup in many homes and school canteens. On the day, cafés and diners run specials.
The cheeses
Also part of it, and being written: Cheddar cheese (A sharper melt preferred by many cooks.).
Written by the EveryCheese desk with AI assistance. Background: "Grilled cheese" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Monterey Jack: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- American cheese: jeffreyw, CC BY 2.0, source